தொலைக்காட்சி

Tamil

Etymology

தொலை (tolai, “distance, tele-”) +‎ காட்சி (kāṭci, “show, display”); created as a calque of English television soon after the introduction of the medium to South India.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɔlɐɪ̯kːaːʈt͡ɕɪ/, [t̪ɔlɐɪ̯kːaːʈsi]

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Noun

தொலைக்காட்சி • (tolaikkāṭci)

1. television (the medium)

   Synonym: (Singapore) தொலைநோக்கி (tolainōkki)

2. (India) regional television broadcasted from Madras (Chennai) as opposed to the national feed from Delhi when public broadcaster Doordarshan was the only television provider.

   Coordinate term: (national feed) தூர்தர்ஷன் (tūrtarṣaṉ)

See also

• தொலைக்காட்சிப் பெட்டி (tolaikkāṭcip peṭṭi, “television set”)

References

• S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “தொலைக்காட்சி”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page 590
• Schiffman, Harold (1999) “Language, Primordialism and Sentiment”, in Palmer, Gary B., Occhi, Debra J., editors, Languages of Sentiment‎^[1], volume 18, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN
• Schiffman, Harold F. (2008-01) “The Ausbau issue in the Dravidian languages: the case of Tamil and the problem of purism”, in International Journal of the Sociology of Language‎^[2], volume 2008, number 191, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 8-9